Mr. Gray's Monograph an the Ct/pr&idai. 503 



confertis ornata ; ocellis pupillo fusco notatis ; basi alba convexi- 

 uscula ; marginibus subincrassatis, supra foveolatis, atro-fusco- 

 maculatis; dentibus obtusis. 



Cypraea flaveola. Lin. Sys. Nat. 1179. 2 Gmelin 3416 ? 

 DiUwyn, R. S. 462 ? 



Icon. Zool. Jour. t. . f. 



Decorticata. Testa dorso purpureo-albido. 



Mus. Nost. 



Shell oblong ovate, brownish yellow, ornamented with crowded 

 white spots, some few of which have a small, obscure, brown pupil 

 in their centre ; base white, rather convex, and slightly margined 

 on the outer, and on the extremities of the inner side; margin 

 above denticulated, marked with crowded black, brown, roundish, 

 unequally sized spots; dorsal line nearly central, simple, pale ; aper- 

 ture rather narrow, slightly dilated in front ; teeth nearly equal, 

 blunt, with the grooves slightly extended towards the margin ; in- 

 side purplish white. Axis -§ , diameter % of an inch. 



When worn, purplish white. 



I have only seen one perfect specimen of this shell, which ap- 

 pears very distinct from the former. It agrees very well with the 

 characters of Linnaeus, except that the brown spots on the margin 

 are not obscure ; I have therefore adopted the Linn can name. 



73. Cyprma gangrenosa. — The ulcerated Cowry. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, viridi-grisea, marginata, punctis ocellisque 

 albidis sparsis ; ocellis pupillo fusco notatis ; basi convexiuscula 

 albidii, margine supra, denticalata ; extremitatibus brunneis, supra 

 bimaculatis. 



Cypraea gangrenosa. " Solander, Mss." Dillwyn, R. S. 465. 



Cypraea poraria. (a.) Martini, j. 394. Schroder, Einl.j. 148. 

 Gmelin, 3417. Schreiber Anch. j. 75. 



Icon. Martini, j. t. 30, f. 324, 325. 



Inhabits Coast of China, Humphreys. Mus. Brit. Nost. 



Shell ovate, oblong, greenish grey or yellowish brown, orna- 

 mented with crowded white spots, some of which are surrounded 

 with a brown ring, so as to form brown eyes with white pupils; 

 base white, margined on the outer, and on the extremities of the 



